Round 12, 1979
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Venue: Kardinia Park | Date: Saturday June 23, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Lost by 6 points | Umpires: R.Sawers & K.Norris | Crowd: 29,941 Receipts: $25,773 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: R.Galt 3, B.Armstrong, P.Jones, T.Keogh 2, W.Harmes, W.Johnston, M.Maclure, A.Marcou, K.Sheldon 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: K.Sheldon, W.Johnston, A.Marcou, G.Southby, T.Keogh, M.Fitzpatrick | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil | Injuries: Nil | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
Carlton were enjoying a burst of form which would see them only lose three games over the entire season and claim the Premiership. However, Geelong won this encounter by 6 points with future Blue Mario Bortolotto blanketing Carlton's gun centre half-forward Mark Maclure in a physical duel between the two. Perhaps it was this performance that would see Bortolotto join the Blues shortly after...for more on Bortolotto's story, click [tiki-read_article.php?articleId=44|here].
Geelong led by 26 points with only minutes to go. Then, amazingly, there was only a goal in it. One of the goals was a coast to coast effort by Alex Marcou. The siren sounded with the ball on the Carlton forward line.
Geelong rebounded from a shameful performance against Fitzroy to defeat League leaders Carlton by six points at Kardinia Park. The Cats were desperate for the ball and held off a late thrust by the Blues, whose coach Alex Jesaulenko believes have become complacent. - Football Record.
Statistically Speaking Carlton, who have invariably struggled at Kardinia Park, went down by one goal to Geelong, who had 7% more handball but fell down in other areas. The Blues had 4% more kicks, 39% more marks and 3% more scoring shots. - Ray Young Football Record.
Team
| B: | 10 Alan Mangels | 20 Geoff Southby | 18 Kevin Heath |
| HB: | 25 Alex Jesaulenko (cc) | 21 Rod Austin | 22 Robbert Klomp |
| C: | 47 Peter Francis | 37 Wayne Harmes | 1 Denis Collins |
| HF: | 7 Wayne Johnston | 36 Mark Maclure (dvc) | 8 Trevor Keogh |
| F: | 28 Peter Jones (vc) | 17 Rod Galt | 34 Alex Marcou |
| Ruck: | 3 Mike Fitzpatrick | 12 Barry Armstrong | 5 Ken Sheldon |
| Interchange: | 9 Greg Towns | 4 Vin Catoggio | |
| Coach: | Alex Jesaulenko | ||
Milestones
250 Games: Alex Jesaulenko
50 Games: Mike Fitzpatrick
Last Game (Carlton): Denis Collins
